Sec. 294.101. HEARING. (a) Each year, the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the commissioners court intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.
(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the commissioners court of the county shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(c) A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 175 (H.B. 2809), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (S.B. 1462), Sec. 15, eff. June 12, 2017.